Edda, your words are right on the mark! War is horrendous, unnecessary and outdated. I yearn for the day when humanity wakes up to the possibility of another way of being in the world with one another.

Thanks Karla. How is your son doing? It can be an epic journey just to find your way back after you return. I can’t imagine having a child in war, that must be such a mixture of emotion. I’m happy to hear he is back and I hope we can all come home soon.

I find your Iraq photographs really moving. My experience there has been an entirely different thing. I go to the north, and teach photography to kids on the margins there. I think what I appreciate most from these photographs is that everyone shown, civilians and soldiers, are shown with dignity.

Erin, Wow! You have been in Iraq? and you are teaching photography?? That is amazing. One of the most frustrating things about serving in Iraq was that I was in a uniform carrying two or more weapons coming into the homes with a convoy of hummers and every house had to be searched before we could enter. It was so necessary but I felt it was so offensive and interfered with true connecting. Thank you for seeing my photos in their true light and thank you for the work you do! It inspires me.